I Live For Taiho Jutsu

Taiho Jutsu became officially recognised in 1947 after a tremendous effort coordinated by Tokyo Japanese Police involving redundant teachers from various banned martial arts styles across Japan. It was created specifically for the police and military forces, and for that reason, it’s still unknown to many parts of the world, particularly Africa.

Yet those of us in Taiho Jutsu who can promote its background usually mention only a few martial arts styles within its foudation, starting from Ju Jutsu, Aikido, Judo, karate and Ninjutsu without extending the courtesies to kendo, Kenjutsu, sumo, and Kenpo, due to fear that people might think we’re probably exaggerating or something! But reality of the matter is that all Japanese martial arts techniques are found in Taiho Jutsu sport and Police Taiho Jutsu career self defence. The reason Taiho Jutsu isn’t celebrated in Africa therefore can only be concluded as lack of information, otherwise Taiho Jutsu has become well known and liked not only in the confinement of peacekeeping forces but civilians alike worldwide.

I also wouldn’t have known about Taiho Jutsu if I hadn’t studied in England. Luckily for me at that point in time I already had Karate and Ninjutsu under my belly, so it was very easy for me to just move over with everything I had in traditional martial arts to the leadership of Sensei Brian Eustace of Police Taiho Jutsu and later Sensei Ross Jackson of Taiho Jutsu sport. Basically, what I like most about Taiho Jutsu is that as a practitioner you don’t waste time on restraining a villain fighter at all. Even I right now in Taiho Jutsu can’t or couldn’t last 10 seconds fighting anybody for real because in Taiho Jutsu, fighting is like a crocodile swallowing whatever is thrown at it without hurting it. Yet everybody in Africa knows everything there is to know about Sensei Steven Seagal (Aikido 7th Dan, Kenjutsu, Karate, Judo) the same goes for Sensei or rather Shihan Sho Kosugi (Ninjutsu, Judo, Shindō-jinen-ryū Karate, Kendo, Iaido, Kobudo, Aikido, - above average) and Sensei Wesley Snipes of course, (Shotokan Karate – 5 Dan, Ju-Jutsu),etc. But what many people don’t know is that both Sensei Steven Seagal, Sho Kosugi, and Wesley Snipes are having in common as far as Japanese martial arts is concerned, is basically Taiho Jutsu at the most high level of expertise in general. And that’s why even in their most celebrated movies, they prefer to represent the policing side of stories engaged in, not the villain side. Of course, we still have got Taiho Jutsu representatives such as Jason Statham (Ju-Jutsu), Dolph Lundgren (Kyokushin & Goju-Ryu Karate – 3rd Dan, Judo), and Sensei Sonny Chiba (Goju-Ryu – 2 dan, Kyokushin Karate – 4 dan, Ninjutsu  – 4 Dan, Judo – 2 Dan, Kenpo – 1 Dan, Kendo – 1 Dan).